1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 30, 9:34 AM CST, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1034 AM CDT SAT JUL 30 2005 MAIN UPDATE IS TO REMOVE MORNING WORDING FROM ZONES. /10 ......................PREVIOUS DISCUSSION......................... .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)...SYNOPTICALLY...REGION IS CURRENTLY BETWEEN TWO ANTICYCLONES. ONE OVER CENTRAL ROCKIES (595 DM)...AND THE OTHER OVER WRN ATLC (598 DM). AT 30/05 UTC STALLED SFC FRONT LOCATED FROM ERN NC-SRN AL-SRN LA. THIS FEATURE WILL BE FOCUS OF SHOWER AND TSTM ACTIVITY TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. WATER VAPOR SHOWS LEADING EDGE OF MID AND UPPER LEVEL DRY PUSH TO BE LOCATED JUST NW OF CWFA. THIS WILL MODIFY WITH TIME. EXPECT AFTERNOON TSTM ACTIVITY TO ONCE AGAIN LAST LONGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS IN A VERY SIMILAR FASHION TO TODAY. MODEL SOUNDING COMPOSITES ONCE AGAIN SHOW SBCAPES AOA 3500 J KG-1 SE OF THE STATIONARY FRONT...LESSER INSTBY FURTHER W. MOST ADIABATIC LAPSE RATES WITH VERY LITTLE DRY AIR ABOVE THE MELTING LEVEL SHOULD KEEP AFTERNOON STORMS BELOW SEVERE LIMITS BUT HEAVY RAINFALL COULD BE A PROBLEM ONCE AGAIN (2-3 IN. H-1). GFS AND UKMET SHOW WEAK SFC LOW IN N CNTRL GLFMEX THAT DEEPENS TO 1014 MB THIS AFTERNOON...THEN IT BEGINS TO RETROGRADE SOMEWHAT TNT AS WWD EXTENSION OF AFOREMENTIONED BERMUDA HIGH BUILDS. THE NET EFFECT...BEING ON THE E SIDE OF THE SFC LOW... WILL BE TO KEEP ABOVE AVERAGE CLOUDS AND PCPN OVER REGION THROUGH SUNDAY. ON TEMPS NEXT TWO PERIODS...WENT CLOSER TO MOS BLEND ON TMAX TODAY AND NUDGED DOWN 1-2 FOR EXTRA CLOUD COVER. FOR TMIN TNT...LEANED CLOSER TO MET. /23 MEDLIN .LONG TERM...BY SUN MORNING BOTH GFS AND ETA DEPICT STALLED FRONT/INVERTED TROUGH NEAR AL/FL BORDER STRETCHING NWARD INTO CENTRAL AL AND SOUTH OVER THE ADJACENT GULF WATERS BEYOND 100 NM SOUTH OF MOB BAY. AS MENTIONED ABOVE THE BOUNDARY WILL BEGIN TO RETROGRADE TO THE WEST GIVING WAY TO INCREASED MOISTURE ADVECTION ACROSS THE CWFA DUE TO DEEPER FLOW FROM THE SOUTH...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE OLD EXISTING BOUNDARY. CURRENT GFS SOLUTION DEPICTS PWS ACROSS THE REGION CONTINUE TO HOVER AROUND 2 INCHES THROUGH SUN NIGHT THEN GRADUALLY DECREASING MONDAY THROUGH MIDWEEK FROM EAST TO WEST AS THE WEAK BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO SHIFT WEST. AS FOR THUNDERSTORMS FORECASTED CAPES RANGE FROM 2500 TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE 3000 J/KG THROUGH MIDWEEK SUGGESTING THE CHANCE FOR A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOSTLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS CANT BE RULED OUT. HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO AROUND 40 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT DUE TO THE DEPTH OF THE MOISTURE AND LITTLE SHEAR IN THE LOWER LEVELS. CURRENT ETA SOLUTION DEPICTS A SOMEWHAT DIFFER SCENARIO ALLOWING SLIGHTLY COOLER/DRIER NEAR THE SFC TO ADVECT WESTWARD AS SFC RIDGE OVER THE MID ATLC REGION DROPS SOUTH...THUS GIVING WAY TO A MORE OVERRUNNING EVENT WITH BETTER SHEAR NEAR THE SFC EARLY IN THE WEEK...WITH MOSTLY ELEVATED CONVECTION DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ESPECIALLY INLAND AWAY FROM THE COAST. BELIEVE THE RIDGE TO THE NE IS A BIT OVERDONE WITH THE ETA FOR NOW SO WILL CONTINUE TO LEAN TOWARDS THE GFS SOLUTION THROUGH MIDWEEK. WILL STAY CLOSE TO CURRENT GFS MOS/MEX GUIDANCE THROUGH THE PD. /32 && .MARINE...WILL SPLIT MARINE ZONES TO ACCOUNT FOR NW->SE MOISTURE GRADIENT AND ALSO FOR DIFFERENT WIND DIRECTIONS IN THE SHORT TERM. FOR THE PERIOD SUN->TUE...A LIGHT SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW WILL PREVAIL. THE WIND FLOW WILL BECOME MORE SW ON WED. WAVES WILL GENERALLY RANGE AROUND 1 FOOT THROUGH THE PERIOD. SOME AFTERNOONS 2 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED BEYOND 20 N MI...AND DURING THE NIGHT GENERALLY A FOOT OR LESS. MAIN HAZARD WILL BE THAT WINDS CAN SUDDENLY INCREASE TO NEAR GALE FORCE IN STRONGER STORMS...WITH LOCALLY MUCH HIGHER WAVES. /23 MEDLIN && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS. /32 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 90 73 91 75 / 70 60 50 40 PENSACOLA 88 75 90 77 / 80 70 50 40 DESTIN 88 78 89 78 / 80 70 60 40 EVERGREEN 88 71 90 72 / 70 60 60 40 WAYNESBORO 89 70 91 71 / 50 40 50 30 CAMDEN 88 72 91 73 / 50 50 60 30 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 545 AM CDT SAT JUL 30 2005 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-301800- BALDWIN COASTAL-BALDWIN INLAND-BUTLER-CHOCTAW-CLARKE-CONECUH- COVINGTON-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND-GEORGE- GREENE-MOBILE COASTAL-MOBILE INLAND-MONROE-OKALOOSA COASTAL- OKALOOSA INLAND-PERRY-SANTA ROSA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-STONE- WASHINGTON-WAYNE-WILCOX- 545 AM CDT SAT JUL 30 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE EXTREME WESTERN PORTION OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A STATIONARY FRONT WILL DISSIPATE OVER THE REGION TODAY. A WEAK SURFACE LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO AND MOVE WESTWARD TONIGHT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE COPIOUS RAINFALL RATES...SOMETIMES 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN SOME MINOR FLOODING IN SOME AREAS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENDURE THROUGH 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OR STORM SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NECESSARY.
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:59 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A person inside a home was jolted by a lightning strike that somehow struck a refrigerator that he had open. The male was knocked to the floor and was taken to a hospital where he was examined and released.
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